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BLM, with considerable contributions from the Pit River Tribe, Modoc Wildlife Refuge, and Modoc National Forest, successfully built a traditional Pit River summer house. The experience taught school children and archaeologists alike valuable lessons including a traditional technology and that it truly takes a community to build a tule house.
Photo by Jen Rovanpera, BLM.
Photo contribution from Jerry & Debbie Langman. Jerry's comment with the photo is:
"John deciding a bottle of red or a bottle of white. Great smile on (your) Mom! No Lobster for them. No bibs! Big Shrimp Cocktails! "
Cool one! Thanks! Love the comments with the photos. They sent 5 more and we'll be getting them up soon!
Clockwise: Robbie, Engy, waiter, John, Doris, Lucille, Gerri.
Installation view, In Residence, Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: After Belonging. Photograph by Istvan Virag.
My contribution to a Street Party - Mum did the Fairy Cakes and Sausage Rolls, so I went for something a little different :-)
The pattern is embedded in the chocolate.
Policy makers and experts examined keys to advancing climate investment plans at an ADBI workshop in Tokyo on 2 – 4 October 2019, co-organized with the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group; Asian Development Bank, Rocky Mountain Institute and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. Read more about the event: bit.ly/2oo0y8W
My contribution to the American Cancer Society's 2011 Hope Gala: The Fight Takes Flight. Custom kitchen set includes an apron, a stand mixer cover, potholders, and tea towels in black and white damask trimmed in red.
My talented hubby made the sign for me, to be displayed at the Gala with my items. All folded up, it's not terribly easy to see what's going on.
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On Thursday, November 3, 2002, our fall sports athletes and managers were celebrated and awarded for their excellence and contributions in their sport at our annual Fall Sports Banquet. In addition to the customary certificates, pins, and letters, each coach had the opportunity to present four individual awards to their Warriors. Our coaches chose unique awards to highlight what actions and characteristics they value on their teams as well as imparting the Coach's Award and MVP Award for each team.
Congratulations to our 2022-23 Fall Sports Award Winners:
MS B Volleyball
Leadership Award - Leah Johns and Caitlyn Carlson
Outstanding Teammate – Maryella Stallard
Coach’s Award - Emma Bryant
MVP - Addison Pelletier
MS A Volleyball
Best Offensive Player - Grace LaVecchia
Best Defensive Player - Katherine Costa
Coach’s Award - Ellie Hough
Most Valuable Player - Caelyn Christofferesen
XC
Ben Woodall - Most Dedicated
William Luke - Best Leadership
Jaquelyn Barnes - Coach’s Award
Philip Muzichuk - MVP
Varsity Volleyball
Teammate Award – Madyson Morris
Bruises Award – Zoey Morris
Coaches Award – Emma Yarbro
MVP – Taryn Johnson
WIPO Director General Daren Tang delivers a speech on April 7, 2022, at the International Conference on “The Contribution of Intellectual Property (IP) to Promoting Innovation and the Transition to a Sustainable Economy” in Cabo Verde.
Mr. Tang spoke alongside the country's Prime Minister, highlighting that Cabo Verde’s inventive and creative people, a growing digital infrastructure, abundant natural resources and its geostrategic location between Europe, Africa and the Americas, were a basis from which to punch well above its weight.
He stressed that underlined that intellectual property is an area of increasing strategic importance to bringing innovation and creativity ecosystems to the next level, and that WIPO was ready to support Cabo Verde on this journey.
More: WIPO Director General Daren Tang Visits Cabo Verde
Photo: Courtesy of Government of Cabo Verde.
My one year contribution to the FlickrLife project.
1. Thomas James, 2. Froggies, 3. Asleep, 4. Sweetness, 5. (Untitled), 6. Take me out to the ballgame!, 7. Soccer Ball, 8. Sunset Beach 2004, 9. Finger Food, 10. Oreo Cookie, 11. First Haircut, 12. I love chocolate!
My contribution to the MOVEMBER cause!! And a good excuse to pose!!
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Preparing and Responding to a Potential Nuclear Emergency. Session A: Contribution of International Organizations to
Global Safety. Vienna, Austria. 9 November 2021.
Photo Credit: Fiorda Llukmani / IAEA
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Description: Lesbian and Gay Contributions to the Arts exhibit at SD Public Library: People looking at display, including Julie Warren (back left corner of cases)
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My contribution to the big dinner at Elaine and Gina's house. Elaine would make her amazing pulled pork tacos with tons of fresh pico de gallo and guacamole. Lots of friends showed up. I hadn't seen Brian in ages and we decided to trade mixes on music of flash drives rather than cds. Jimmy showed up after his wiffle ball game (for reals). Mark started sweating after putting the Dave's Insanity hot sauce on his taco. I'm addicted to hot sauce and that stuff is the end all be all of HOT.
The berries, all locally grown, were profoundly perfect. I brought a small container of them with me to eat on the airplane the next day (airlines don't feed you anymore). The man next to me seemed envious. The Oregon berries are something to be coveted. Strawberry season is wrapping up but raspberry season is just beginning with blackberries and huckleberries still to come. Hallelujah!
Today Lynn received an August Contribution from Sarah of Things Are Better With a Parrot! Sarah reused the Sampler box from her subscription to send us her contribution! She is scoring points all over Sampler Town!
African American Contributions in St. Mary's County Juneteenth Celebration . www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html . Freedom Park . Corner of Route 235 and Tulagi Place . Lexington Park, MD . Saturday, 16 June 2007 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Not to sure on the history of this location, but it is obvious that this drain has been subject of maintenance over the years due to the slight deterioration of some of the bricks which I believe are local to the area. Even the strengthening concrete has been washed away in some places to reveal the red brick below
Pitt County American Legion Post 39 Immediate Past Commander Ken Ross, left, and Commander Lee Allen present a $2,000-check to PCC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Susan Nobles on June 23. The contribution will be added to Post 39's Nursing Scholarship Endowment Fund with the Pitt Community College Foundation, which now stands at $32,332.
The A10 motorway extends 160 kms along Italy’s 'Flower Riviera' (Riviera dei Fiori) in Liguria from the French border to Genova. This autostrada might be the only stretch of roadway on earth to have more than 100 tunnels. The route is also filled with dozens of such towering viaducts, several of them are 90 meters in height. These include the Viadotto Taggia (90 meters high), which you can see here, Viadotto Crovetto (90 meters high) and Valle Latte (90 meters high). Other high viaducts along the A10 include the Viadotto Sasso (80 meters high), the Viadotto Borghetto and a viaduct near Casa Serena.
Recognising contributions to plant mutation breeding, the Achievement Awards in Plant Mutation Breeding and Associated Biotechnologies event honoured 28 researchers and research teams of institutions from across 20 countries with awards for outstanding achievements. The recognition included 11 Outstanding Achievement Awards, 10 Women in Plant Mutation Breeding Awards, and seven Young Scientist Awards for significant efforts in the last decade in the development of new mutant varieties using irradiation. IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 20 September 2021.
Photo Credit: Fiorda Llukmani / IAEA
On the occasion of birth Anniversary of Late Rosario Rodrigues, father of Khell-tiatr also Late Antonio Moraes, Pioneer of Khell-tiatr, Tiatr Academy of Goa TAG presented Lifetime Contribution to Khell, Khell-Tiatr awards to 3 khell-godde viz. Luis Mariano Fernandes alias Lus Marian, Antonio Remedios Fernandes alias Pandda Remeth and Francisco Cardozo alias F Cardoz at the hands of Fisheries Minister Filip Neri Rodrigues, Dy. Director DAC Ashok Parab, TAG MS Cezar D'Mello, widow of Antonio Moraes - Antonette Moares and widow of Rosario Rodrigues - Carmin Rodrigues
24.10.2019, Panaji
Churchill Alemao
My contribution to Sub-Studio's "Follow the Leader" project. More info here: blog.sub-studio.com/2009/07/follow-leader-my-zoetrope.html
C-130H,ASC/401SQ,Japan air self defence force
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Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Baker-Polito Administration cabinet officials recognize outstanding contributions made by Commonwealth employees at the Human Resources Division’s annual Performance Recognition Awards at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on March 30, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor's Press Office]
Times Square, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Located in the heart of Times Square, the Paramount Building made a significant contribution to the development of the world-famous theater and entertainment district. Built in 1926-27 and designed by the firm of Rapp & Rapp, who were among the best-known and most prolific designers of elaborate movie theaters in the 192 0s, it served as the Eastern headquarters for the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, (forerunner of Paramount Pictures), whose entrepreneurial founders played a major role in promoting the revolutionary motion picture medium. The building's distinctive massing is exemplary of the innovative setback skyscraper type of the 1920s, while the ornamental details are classically inspired, a hallmark of Rapp & Rapp's style. The striking silhouette of the upper stories is enhanced by four giant clock faces, which were conceived to create a memorable image of the the Paramount trademark in the minds of moviegoers, and a crowning glass globe.
The Paramount Building, which once housed the Paramount Theater, stands as as an important reminder of Times Square's boom in the 1920s during the early years of the motion picture industry.
The History of Times Square1
The Times Square area, recognized world-wide as a major entertainment center, has played an important role in the cultural life of New York City in the twentieth century. Known today as the Broadway theater district, this area encompasses the largest concentration of legitimate playhouses in the world. With the meteoric rise of the the motion picture industry, Times Square in the 1920s was also transformed by the arrival of elaborate and luxurious movie theaters, or "palaces," which celebrated this popular and new form of entertainment. Complete with fashionable hotels such as the Hotel Astor (demolished), restaurants, and dance halls, Times Square began early in this century to attract visitors and New Yorkers alike to its thriving night life. The area also became home to scenery, lighting, and costume companies, and the offices of agents and producers, thus creating a busy hub of activity in all branches of the entertainment business.
It was fitting, therefore, that the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, (now Paramount Pictures) while still in its infancy selected Times Square for its East Coast headquarters and showcase theater.
The development of the Times Square area was primarily a result of the steady northward movement of Manhattan's population, abetted by the growth of mass transportation.
A district of farmlands and rural summer homes in the early 1800s, Lang Acre Square (now Times Square) evolved into an urban center following the opening of the Grand Central Depot and the completion of the Third and Sixth Avenue Elevated Railways in 1871. In 1904, New York's subway system began operation, with a major station at Broadway and 42nd Street.
At this time, the area was also renamed Times Square in honor of the recently erected Times Building.
The theater district, which had existed in the midst of stores, hotels, and commercial buildings along lower Broadway for most of the nineteenth century, moved northward along Broadway in stages, locating first at Union Square, then Madison Square, and then Herald Square. By the end of the century, the district was extended even further north by far-sighted theater managers, such as Oscar Hammerstein, who opened the Lyric in his Olympia Theater complex on Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets in 1895.
Before the installation of electric street lamps, long Acre Square, which had been chiefly occupied by carriage shops and livery stables, was a dark and dangerous area popularly known as "Thieves' Lair." By the 1920s, the peak of Times Square development, the Con Edison Company estimated that one million lightbulbs were" contained within the famous marquees, signboards, and advertisements that lit up what had come to be known as the Great White Way.
This phrase is credited to an advertising businessman named O.J. Gude, who recognized the exciting potential of electric sign display by installing the first in 1901, on Broadway and 23rd Street, which advertised a seaside resort.5 Apart from periods during the World Wars, the brilliant streams of light and color have continued to emanate from Times Square.
The Client: The Paramount Corporation
Forerunner of Paramount Pictures, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was headed by some of the most enterprising entertainment entrepreneurs of the century. It was formed in 1916 when the Famous Players Film Company and the Jesse L. Lasky Film Company merged. (In the early 1920s, the Paramount name and trademark began to appear in advertising and publicity, although the name was not officially changed to the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation until 1928; the office building and theater in Times Square were always known by the Paramount name).
The Famous Players Film Company, founded in 1912, was masterminded by Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman. Zukor, who arrived in New York from Hungary in 1888, had established a successful fur business in Chicago by the turn of the century. Prompted by another furrier, Marcus Loew, (who later became president of Loew's Inc., parent company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Zukor returned to New York to invest in penny arcades with the Automatic Vaudeville Company, opening their first arcade on Union Square in 1903. Zukor and his partners soon expanded to nickelodeons and variety shews combining one-reel films with stage acts and scenic effects. Set on developing the potential of the feature film, the aggressive Zukor broke ties with his colleagues and went to Paris in 1912 to buy the rights to the highly acclaimed film, "Queen Elizabeth," starring the famous dramatic actress, Sarah Bernhardt. He then approached Daniel Frohman, a Broadway producer and theater owner, to arrange for a premiere—the first American showing of a feature-length film—at the Lyceum Theater.
This showing was significant in the evolution of the American motion picture industry, for it helped to establish the movie as a socially acceptable form of entertainment with recognized, legitimate actors. Zukor then founded the Famous Players Film Company, with Frohman a liaison to the theater world.
Within four years, the two men had a commanding share of the motion picture business, having signed the first two of their big stars, John Barrymore, an established stage actor, and Mary Pickford, a young actress for whom Frohman saw a future on the silver screen.
Jesse L. lasky started on the vaudeville circuit playing the cornet in an act with his sister, but soon became a vaudeville agent and producer. In 1912, he collaborated with Cecil Blount De Mille in writing and staging an operetta, "California." Lasky*s brother-in-law, Samuel Goldwyn, (formerly Goldfish), then persuaded Lasky to enter the motion picture field, and in 1913, the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company was founded, with Lasky as president, De Mille as director/producer, and Goldwyn as general manager.
Their first film, "The Squaw Man," was followed by several highly successful films, establishing the company's reputation for superior entertainment.
For three years, Zukor and Lasky carpeted for big-name talent and the favor of the burgeoning motion picture audience. In 1916, the two moguls ended their rivalry by joining forces, and the companies merged to form the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation; having the upper hand, Zukor became president and made Lasky vice-president. Shortly thereafter, the new corporation acquired the Paramount Company, a film distribution organization, and gained control of both production and marketing of a seemingly endless supply of motion pictures.
In the 1920s, the corporation also acquired theater chains, most notably the large Balaban & Katz circuit of Chicago. Sam Katz continued as head of the theater division, which grew to encompass over two thousand theaters, under the name of Publix. By adding exhibition management to their interests, Paramount had virtually autonomous command over all aspects of the industry, prompting several federal investigations for violation of anti-trust laws during the 1920s.
Paramount established headquarters in both Hollywood and New York, taking advantage of California's excellent climatic conditions for production and New York's acting and literary talent. From the offices of the Paramount Building, the executives scouted for talent, and obtained pictorial rights to plays and novels as well as new dramatic material.
The firm had also built its eastern studio in Astoria, Queens in 1920-21, (a designated New York City Landmark), which was used by Paramount until 1932 for rehearsals, short feature filming, and screen-testing.
Paramount had many successes in the 1920s, adding such famous silent-screen stars to their roster as Gloria Swanson, Rudolf Valentino, Clara Bow, and Pol a Negri. In 1928, the transition to "talkies11 was made, first by adding sound to silent films and then by using the sound-on-film Movietone system. Among the Paramount stars who became famous with the introduction of sound were Gary Cooper, William Powell, Mae West and Claudette Colbert.
As prosperous as these years were, however, the company went into receivership in 1933 as a result of the Great Depression. Two years later, the enterprise re-emerged; after management battles, Lasky was fired and Zukor became the intrepid chairman of the board of Paramount Pictures, Inc., (now owned by Gulf & Western).
Zukor later acquired the titles of honorary chairman and then chairman emeritus, maintaining an interest in his movie empire until the time of his death in 1976, at 103 years of age.
The Architects: Rapp & Rapp
The architects of the Paramount Building and Theater, Cornelius Ward Rapp (1861-1927) and George Leslie Rapp (1878-1942), were among the best-known and most prolific designers of imaginative and palatial movie houses in this country during the 1920s.
The brothers were the sons of a carpenter-architect in Carbondale, Illinois. C.W. Rapp began as an assistant to his father, and opened his own Chicago practice around 1891. George Rapp graduated from the University of Illinois School of Architecture in 1899 and then spent some time abroad—particularly in Paris—studying the monuments. He later worked in the office of the Chicago architect, Edward Krause, preparing plans for the Majestic Theater.
The brothers formed a partnership in 1906, and the firm of Rapp & Rapp soon specialized in the design of elaborate movie theaters. In 1916, they began an association with the large, .Chicago-based Balaban & Katz movie theater chain, with the commission for the Central Park Theater. Among their other commissions in Chicago were the influential Chicago and Tivoli theaters, (both 1921), and the Uptown Theater, (1925).
These early designs served as models for the lavish "movie palace" type, characterized by "eye-bugging opulence."
When Balaban & Katz were acquired by Paramount in 1925, Rapp & Rapp became the architects for the new theater chain, Publix. The Paramount Building and Theater was their first eastern commission; at this time, the firm opened a New York office in the Times Annex. C.W. Rapp died before this project was completed, but the firm went on to design over 400 theaters nation-wide; other commissions in New York included the Brooklyn Paramount and the Loew's Kings, (1929), originally a Paramount theater.
Most theater designs were derived from eight schematic types, modified to suit the requirements of each program. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French architecture, such as Charles Gamier's Beaux-Arts style Paris Opera, provided the primary sources for their classically-inspired designs.
Among Rapp & Rapp's other commissions are the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, ornamented with corn stalk motifs; the Bismark Hotel and Theater and the Windemere Hotel in Chicago; the Lei and Hotel in Detroit; and the National Press Club Building in Washington, D.C. George Rapp also served as consulting architect on Radio City Music Hall (a designated New York City Landmark). He retired in 1938.
The Setback Skyscraper of the 1920s
The 1920s were marked by a boom in commercial development in New York, as large corporations took advantage of their economic strength and financed many skyscrapers. Between 1925 and 1933, 138 new office buildings were constructed in Manhattan, an average of 15.3 per year.
Many of the new buildings erected in Manhattan in the 1920s were designed in the Art Deco style, which seemed to echo the excitement and modernity of the "Jazz Age." This style, characterized by simple, sleek lines, geometric forms, and flattened ornamental patterns, was derived from several sources, the best-known being the 1925 Paris exhibition from which the style took its name—the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes.
Another influence was the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen's second-place winning submission to the 1922 competition for the Chicago Tribune Building, with its streamlined, vertical treatment and lack of cornices. These sources of inspiration had a tremendous international impact on architecture and interior design.
The most direct influence on the form of the Art Deco, setback skyscraper in New York was the New York City Zoning Resolution of 1916, an ordinance which placed height restrictions on buildings at the street line, determined by varying multiples of the street width, above which the building was required to set back at certain levels.
The Resolution was introduced to ensure that light and air would reach the street, while also providing better interior conditions. Interpretive drawings relating to this ordinance were published in 1922-23 by the architectural renderer, Hugh Ferriss, based on diagrams by the architect Harvey Wiley Corbett.
These important drawings served as a basic formulation of what became the characteristic massing of the setback skyscraper. The overall design of the Paramount Building, although its ornament is more inspired by the Beaux-Arts style than it is by the Art Deco, is derived from the innovative models of the time.
The silhoutte of the setback skyscraper also drew comparison with ancient architectural models, such as the Mesopotamian ziggurat, the Eqyptian stepped pyramid, and the Mayan temple, in which there was an awakened interest in the 1920s.
Franciso Mujica, an architect who studied the ruins in Central America, commented about the Paramount Building that "there are few more eloquent examples to demonstrate that the set back system...resembles...the primitive pyramids of America."
The Paramount Building is indeed exemplary of the tiered skyscraper type of the 1920s. The pyramidal massing of the upper stories was also claimed to be advantageous from a real estate perspective, producing a variety of floor areas that offer "a wide choice of space for firms who choose to locate their business offices in one story and would like a story to themselves."
Construction and Design
At thirty-three stories with a clock tower, the Paramount Building when erected was the tallest structure on Broadway north of the Woolworth Building. Six of the largest floors were devoted to the offices of the Paramount Company. In the 1926 Paramount pep Club Yearbook, the organization expressed pride in its conspicuous new headquarters and presaged its cultural significance:
At the crossroads of the world the new Paramount Building is rising. For generations yet unborn it will stand as a monument to the motion picture industry and as an ever-lasting tribute to the vision and genius of a leader.
The Paramount executives were clearly committed to creating a symbol of the company's role in promoting a revolutionary entertainment medium, the motion picture.
The original lighting scheme of the Paramount Building reflects the client's desire to create a memorable image in the minds of moviegoers, as well as the contribution made by Paramount to the development of Times Square.
By the mid-1920s, imaginative lighting and signage had already become a distinctive attribute of the busy theater district and a major tourist attraction. In addition to the large and brightly lit Paramount Theater marquee, once located near the southern end of the Broadway facade, the entire structure was a nighttime tableau of light.
The setbacks were fitted with floodlights placed behind the parapets at each level so that the stepped silhouette of the building was dramatically displayed. These setbacks culminate in a tower with clock faces on all four sides, of which the hands and the five-pointed stars marking the hours were lit as well.
The well-known Paramount trademark—a ring of five-pointed stars surrounding a mountain peak—is recalled in the design of the clocks, which cap, symbolically, a "mountain-like" building. An early rendering shows the clock faces with depictions of mountain peaks, but this was not carried out.
Crowning the tower is a glass globe which, when illuminated at night, was visible for miles.
This globe was meant to * represent "the worldwide activities of Paramount." The clocks, equipped with chimes, and the globe were synchronized so that light would flash in "white or red to tell the time at night. The globe would flash on and off to indicate the hour. On the quarter-hour, the globe would flash once, then twice on the half-hour, and three times at three-quarters of an hour, remaining lit in between.
The site of the Paramount Building was assembled in 1922 when the 1493 Broadway Corporation, of which Zukor was president, purchased the property, formerly among the holdings of the Astor estate, from an intermediate realtor. Zukor subsequently leased the property to the Famous Players-Iasky Corporation on twenty-one year terms.
The property encompassed the six-story commercial Putnam Building, which occupied Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets, and the rear plot which was the site of Westover Court, ten four-story houses which had been converted to bachelor apartments. The Putnam Building was so named to commemorate the spot at which George Washington met with General Israel Putnam during the Revolutionary War.
Plans for the 13.5 million dollar theater and office building were filed in April of 1925. The twelve-story theater wing to the rear of the tower was completed first; the theater, which seated approximately 3600 people, opened in November of 1926, although the office building was not completed until Spring of the fol lowing year.
Early reports indicate that the building was to have twenty-nine stories, rather than thirty-three, and these illustrate renderings of the building without its glass globe, which was conceived in the course of construction.24 In November of 1927, glass-enclosed observation decks were added to the north and south sides of the topmost setback; these have since been removed.
Much fanfare surrounded the construction of the Paramount Building and Theater. For the first time in history, a film record of the progress of a building's construction was made by the enthusiastic clients.
Among the remarkable aspects of the construction documented on film was the setting of eight, 122-foot long trusses which supported the roof of the theater's auditorium. Each truss weighed 144 tons and was hoisted 115 feet above the projected theater stage. The Thompson-Starrett Company, general contractor for the commission, designed travelling derricks that moved on steel rollers and supported the cranes which performed the unprecedented weight-lifting feat.
The New York Times reported the dedication ceremony of the building in May of 1926, at which Mayor Walker laid the cornerstone; contained within copper boxes sealed in the cornerstone are the front pages of New York morning newspapers, three five-dollar gold pieces, two feature films, and news reels of Admiral Byrd's Polar expedition.
In addition to various speeches made by notable New Yorkers and members of the motion picture industry at the ceremony, a letter of congratulations from Thomas Edison was read.
Description
The Paramount Building occupies the entire 200-foot block front on the west side of Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets, and extends 207 feet on the side streets. Clad in beige brick with a base and trim of contrasting limestone, the building is composed of two sections: a thirty-three-story setback skyscraper with a clock tower, fronting on Broadway, and a 1 ower wing to the rear, (which once housed the Paramount Theater).
Although the Paramount Building's ornamental details are largely inspired by the French Beaux-Arts style, its massing reflects a modem current in 1920s office building design, characterized by a series of setbacks on all four sides.
A continuous five-story base joins the two sections of the building. Above ground floor storefronts (not original), rise three-story rusticated limestone piers framing large, tripartite windows. These have iron mullions and spandrels ornamented with classical moldings, festoons, masks, scrolls, and figural motifs relating to the theater.
A bronze double-height main entranceway, located just north of the center of the Broadway facade, is set in a simple limestone enframement with a projecting lintel. The distinctive entranceway has the same tripartite configuration as the windows at the base level, with a central, revolving door and two single doors of glass framed in brass. These are surmounted by decorative cresting and a clock framed by two scrolled brackets, topped by such classical motifs as a bearded, theatrical mask, horns, and an urn.
Above the doors are two tripartite windows separated by brass mullions and spandrel panels also featuring classical and theatrical motifs. The central panel has an oval cartouche surrounded by foliage containing comedy and tragedy masks in profile and a three-part horn. Musical instruments and masks also embellish the two side panels.
One story of one-over-one, metal-clad windows framed by festooned, oval cartouches caps the base and makes a transition to the brick-faced upper portion of the building, where one-over-one, metal-clad windows are divided into bays by a rhythm of plain and rusticated piers.
The vertical emphasis is visually continued in the upper setback stories, where the rusticated piers project from the building. These piers, grouped in pairs, culminate in trapezoidal stone finials at the setbacks.
The massing of the upper stories is distinguished by six setbacks, stepping back regularly from the eighteenth story on the Broadway facade and side elevations. The rear elevation rises to the twenty-sixth story before stepping back to the twenty-eighth story, where it sets back sharply, forming a portion only two bays deep located toward the front of the building which rises from this level.
Paneled stone parapets and trapezoidal finials highlight the setbacks. Flanking the sides between the twenty-eighth and thirtieth stories, oversea led consoles give the building a sculptural silhouette and make a transition to the clock tower.
On the Broadway facade and rear elevation, the clocks, approximately two stories high, are faced in limestone. These clocks have round glass panels, flush with the stone, which are inset with stars marking the hours, and protruding metal hands.
They are flanked by the uppermost setback, which at the front and rear of the building is articulated by large, oval stone cartouches framed by rusticated piers. Affixed to the side elevations at this level are metal-framed clocks, of the same design but slightly smaller and one story lower that those front and rear.
A stone base for the glass globe capping the building surmounts the clocks; it is ornamented with a stylized wave frieze and four trapezoidal finials at the corners. The globe, constructed of ninety panes of glass encased in copper and measuring nineteen feet in diameter, is set on a molded copper pedestal.
The rear wing of the Paramount Building, visible on 43rd and 44th Streets, is articulated by plain piers separating double-hung windows above the continuous base. The ninth story has no windows. On 4 3rd Street, the rear wing rises twelve stories and features a row of classical cartouches at the parapet.
On 44th Street, this section rises nine stories; the parapet has a row of festooned, oval openings, with three acroteria at regular intervals above. These are in the form of convex oval cartouches with decorative surrounds. The westernmost bay on 44th Street rises to twelve stories, sets back to fourteen, and is marked by stone detailing at the top of each level.
Alterations to the Paramount Building were made in 1966-69, when the rear section was converted from the theater to additional office space. The architectural firm of Herbert Fleischer Associates was responsible for the alteration. The arched entranceway to the theater and its elaborate marquee, which had been on Broadway near the 43rd Street comer, were removed.
The facade was reconstructed to match the material and composition of the limestone base of the building. Blank limestone remains at the top of the base where the arch of the entranceway had been. Two sets of original iron spandrels were removed from around the corner on the 43rd Street elevation and relocated in place of the theater entrance.
These were replaced on 43rd Street by metal spandrels, of the same color and configuration as the original but unornamented. The same type of replacement window framing was used on the 43rd and 44th Street elevations of the rear wing.
Subsequent History
In the 1940s, the Paramount Theater became a showcase for big bands and entertainers such as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, and Frank Sinatra, who catered to the "bobby-soxer" crowd. With the advent of television, the movie palace declined in popularity, and soon many large and luxurious theaters in New York were demolished or converted to other uses. In 1964, the Paramount Theater closed, and its immense space was converted for office use in 1966-69.
The Paramount Building has remained in use as an office building, although Paramount Pictures no longer maintains offices there. A striking reminder of Times Square's boom in the 1920s, and of a founding force behind the motion picture industry, the Paramount Building stands as a important symbol of New York's architectural and cultural past.
- From the 1988 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall
Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia.
This building is also a courthouse, serving as the seat of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. It houses the Civil Trial and Orphans' Court Divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. It also houses the Philadelphia facilities for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (which also holds session and accepts filings in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh).
Built using brick, white marble and limestone, Philadelphia City Hall is the world's largest free-standing masonry building and was the world's tallest habitable building upon its completion in 1894. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976; in 2006, it was also named a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
A short video depicting some of my contributions to the project "Europeana 1914-1918", which aims to build a digital library dedicated to preserving family documents, postcards, letters, drawings and diaries from the time of World War One. The contributions are taken from the inheritance of my great-great-uncle Friedrich Reinboth (1891-1918), who did not survive the war but died in a skirmish in the Ukraine in 1918.
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Description: Lesbian and Gay Contributions to the Arts exhibit at SD Public Library: Display of pictures and articles about LASD
Date: 1994
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African American Contributions in St. Mary's County Juneteenth Celebration . www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html . Freedom Park . Corner of Route 235 and Tulagi Place . Lexington Park, MD . Saturday, 16 June 2007 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Contribution to the project "Flickr Members for Japan".
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Tom Phelan on Francie Conway contribution over 37 Tears
Today we follow musicians and the people of Ballyfermot gather together to thank and show our appreciation for all that Francie Conway has done and for his valuable contribution to our community over 37 years.
Singer/Songwriter/Producer, who left Kerry as a young man in search of his dream.
That search brought him halfway round the world performing, recording and rubbing shoulders with the cream of musicians and performers.
His writings and many albums are a testament to his skills as a artist and performer.
He has collaborated with some of the greats in the Music Business, too many to mention here.
Some of his songs, just to name a few, are
To the Edge of Time
One Night in Amsterdam
Somewhere in Heaven
Striking it Rich
Hit by a Hurricane
In 1989, Francie came to Ballyfermot to work in the Senior College and is the Cofounder along with Hugh Buckley of The Rock School, turning out pupils like
Damien Dempsey
Mundy
Lisa O’Neill
Wallis Bird
All of what I have said so far tells us of the work that Francie has done down through the years, here in Ballyfermot and abroad. But, what about the man, the person. Francie is more than what he has done or achieved.
The Francie I know is a Kerry man, who have having travelled half the world, found his way to what Finbar Furey once described as a small little fishing village just outside Dublin, called Ballyfermot.
I know that Ballyfermot and the people of Ballyfermot have a special place in Francie’s heart.
He is man of faith, a man of peace, gentle and kind and this comes through in his songs.
Francie’s devotion to his family and his care and love for his son, Rory, can only be admired. He has turned Rory into a rock and roller. And when ever the pair of them are around, mark my words, before the day is out you will hear their anthem, PEACE, LOVE AND ROCKNROLL.
To mark this occasion I would now ask Tono Brennan ( a Fellow Musician and Artist) and Wally O’Sullivan to come forward to present one of their
United Committee for African-American Contributions in St. Mary's County (UCAC) 8th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Festival at Freedom Park at intersection of Route 235 and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park, MD on Saturday, 18 June 2011
Exhibitors
Visit UCAC Juneteenth Festival at www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html
Read Juneteenth Crowd Fills Freedom Park article by Baynet at www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/22879
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
The accomplishments and contributions of five Island seniors have helped build stronger communities across the province. That is why they’ve been named Prince Edward Island’s 2019 Senior Islanders of the Year.
Eileen Chiasson-Pendergast, Patrick Curley, Wanda MacLean, Paul H. Schurman and Isabel Yuill were recognized for their community leadership, spirit, and commitment to making Prince Edward Island great.
“Through their tireless volunteer efforts, mentorship, community activities, fund-raising, advocacy and overall positive attitude towards life, these Islanders have made a sustained and lasting impact on Prince Edward Island for the benefit of us all,” said Isabelle Christian, Chair of the PEI Seniors’ Secretariat.
The Senior Islanders of the Year award are given out annually to recognize the significant contribution of Island seniors in community life including volunteerism, artistic achievement, fund raising, community participation, fitness and recreation, and other activities. The recognition program is overseen by the PEI Seniors’ Secretariat.
From the official program;
Veterans Day is an opportunity to publicly commemorate the contributions of living veterans. Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar congressional action.
If W.W.II had been "the war to end all wars" Nov. 11 might still be called Armistice Day. Realizing that peace was equally preserved by veterans of W.W.II and Korea, Congress decided to make the day an occasion to honor all those who have served America. In 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming Nov. 11 as Veterans Day.
A law passed in 1968 changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent, however, that Nov. 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978 Congress returned the observation to its traditional date.
To learn more about Korea visit: imcom.korea.army.mil
United Committee for African-American Contributions in St. Mary's County (UCAC) 8th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Festival at Freedom Park at intersection of Route 235 and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park, MD on Saturday, 18 June 2011
Exhibitors
Visit UCAC Juneteenth Festival at www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html
Read Juneteenth Crowd Fills Freedom Park article by Baynet at www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/22879
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Contribution by the Polytechnic Harriers to the Polytechnic's Annual New Years Fete c1930, demonstrating the clothes worn by tennis players in the present and past, and a guess at what future clothes would look like in 1982.
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Fifteen Soldiers, from the 25th Infantry Division, were honored for their contributions and selfless service during a retirement ceremony Dec. 4 at Sgt. Smith Theater on Schofield Barracks. The hosts for the event were Col. David B. Womack and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey D. Sweezer, 2nd Brigade Combat Team command team. On behalf of the 2nd Bde. Combat Team and the 25th Inf. Div. we would like to say thank you for your wonderful service and a job well done.
Retirees were:
Lt. Col. Nelson Chang, Maj. Kirk Johnson, Maj. Charles Ziegenfuss, Chief Warrant Officer III Jose Vides, Master Sgt. Allan McKay, Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Coley, Sgt. 1st Class Tomelya Coley, Sgt. 1st Class Darrell Earnest, Sgt. 1st Class Gregorio Macaranas, Sgt. 1st Class Jacqueson Poirier, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Sandoval, Staff Sgt. Larry Whitney, Staff Sgt. Christian Foster, Staff Sgt. Robert Lynch. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Davis, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs/Released)
As a contribution to the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the presidency of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and Europeana wanted to highlight the relevance of digital cultural heritage to the aims of the European Union during the next multiannual framework. During this two day event in Varna on May 28-29, 62 participants from 21 countries explored this together with experts and representatives of ministries of culture across Europe and draft a vision that expresses this contribution in concrete terms.
My contribution to the ongoing discussion at : winterfell.ning.com/group/winterfellbureauofparaaetherici...
Having skimmed through the research article on aetheric theory as it applies to so-called Paranormal activity in Winterfell, I decided to ask a resident his opinion on the matter. I turned to Mr. Dingo Utorid, who lives in a mist-shrouded, de-consecrated chapel, with the expectation that he would have witnessed the "dark aether" firsthand. "Magnetism!" scoffed Mr. Utorid. "The relentless fog and darkness in Winterfell are caused by none other than that plethora of infernal machines in Caledon, disrupting the natural magnetic currents and engendering a negative energy vortex centered on Winterfell. There are NO vampires here, despite what you may have heard." And with that, Mr. Utorid stalked off into the gloom, trailed by a black wolf.
Celebrating Birth Anniversary of Late Rosario Rodrigues
TAG, Tiatr Academy of Goa presented Lifetime Contribution Awards for Khell/Khell tiatr. Every year on 24th October, Tiatr Academy of Goa, presents Lifetime Contribution to Khell-Tiatr Awards to five veteran tiatr artistes who have given their valuable contribution to the tiatr stage (Khell-Tiatr).
This year, the awards are conferred on five well-known Khell tiatr personalities Socorina Fernandes (Socu ferns, w/o Roseferns), Assumta R Fernandes (Asumtin), Luis Victor Quadros (stage light effects), Jose S.C.Cardoso (Musician) and Joaquim J Fernandes (Jaju, b/o Roseferns).
The awards were presented at a special function organized on 24th October 2021 at Pai tiatrist Hall, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.
Shri. Churchill Alemao, MLA Benaulim Constituency was the Chief Guest. Shri. Pedro Caitano D’Silva (C D’Silva) Guest of Honors and Smt. Carmin Rodrigues, wife of Late Rosario Rodrigues as special invitee.
TAG President Minin de Bandar, Vice Prez Mario Menezes and TAG MS Suresh Divkar were also present.
Congratulations to all
DOE commissioned an exhibit documenting the contributions of African Americans to the Manhattan Project in 2002. The purpose of the exhibit was to commemorate the role of African Americans to the Manhattan Project by way of the Hanford Reservation. The exhibit consists of pictures taken from the Hanford archives and oral histories of African American working at the Hanford starting with wartime emergency construction in 1943, through operations, cold war expansions, and mission diversification.
United Committee for African-American Contributions in St. Mary's County (UCAC) 8th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Festival at Freedom Park at intersection of Route 235 and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park, MD on Saturday, 18 June 2011
Exhibitors
Sgt. James H. Harris Camp 38, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Visit UCAC Juneteenth Festival at www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html
Read Juneteenth Crowd Fills Freedom Park article by Baynet at www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/22879
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography